{"id":44451,"date":"2026-02-25T18:18:42","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T12:48:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=44451"},"modified":"2026-02-25T18:24:37","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T12:54:37","slug":"rashfords-barca-dream-gains-momentum-but-united-draw-firm-line-on-buyout-price","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/football\/transfer-news\/rashfords-barca-dream-gains-momentum-but-united-draw-firm-line-on-buyout-price\/","title":{"rendered":"Rashford\u2019s Bar\u00e7a dream gains momentum, but United draw firm line on buyout price"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fabrizio Romano has revealed that Barcelona have made significant progress in negotiations over personal terms with Marcus Rashford for a potential permanent transfer this summer.<\/p>\n<p>According to Romano\u2019s update on X, Barcelona are keen to keep Rashford at the club beyond his current arrangement and view him as an important part of their attacking rebuild ahead of the 2026\u201327 season. Talks between the player\u2019s camp and Bar\u00e7a have reportedly been positive, with both sides optimistic about reaching an agreement on salary and contract length.<\/p>\n<p>However, the major obstacle remains the stance of Manchester United. The English club are standing firm on the \u20ac30 million buy option clause included in the deal and have made it clear that there will be no discount. United see Rashford as a valuable asset and believe the figure accurately reflects his market value, despite his inconsistent form over the past campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Barcelona\u2019s financial situation continues to play a key role in the negotiations. While the Catalan giants are eager to secure Rashford permanently, they must carefully balance their wage structure and comply with La Liga\u2019s financial regulations. Any move will likely depend on player sales and further cost-cutting measures before committing to the full \u20ac30 million fee.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fabrizio Romano has revealed that Barcelona have made significant progress in negotiations over personal terms with Marcus Rashford for a\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":202,"featured_media":36835,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4660],"tags":[661,3686,1823,3796,564,3919,3489,249,1139],"class_list":["post-44451","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-transfer-news","tag-barcelona","tag-david-ornstein","tag-fabrizio-romano","tag-football","tag-hansi-flick","tag-la-liga","tag-man-united","tag-manchester-united","tag-marcus-rashford"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44451","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/202"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44451"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44451\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44452,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44451\/revisions\/44452"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36835"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44451"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44451"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44451"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}